<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><ns2:project xmlns:ns1="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api" xmlns:ns2="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project" xmlns:ns3="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/fund" xmlns:ns4="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/person" xmlns:ns5="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project/outcome" xmlns:ns6="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/organisation" ns1:created="2026-09-03T10:35:59Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/projects/FB648F01-644E-47E6-B00C-4A0E1E898910" ns1:id="FB648F01-644E-47E6-B00C-4A0E1E898910"><ns1:links><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/persons/3E98391F-D740-4DD9-8598-5AF333E862C1" ns1:rel="PM_PER"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/08F94CF1-D06D-497E-B40F-A48AB7D00460" ns1:rel="LEAD_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/43B51A7D-9345-42E9-A90F-DEA3D352088D" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/D5F35567-7E07-4A57-A57F-46335E1B3617" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/08F94CF1-D06D-497E-B40F-A48AB7D00460" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:end="2021-12-31T00:00:00Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/funds/7933EAA2-30F6-4CC7-8DE2-A66BD58EDA07" ns1:rel="FUND" ns1:start="2020-03-31T23:00:00Z"/></ns1:links><ns2:identifiers><ns2:identifier ns2:type="RCUK">133983</ns2:identifier></ns2:identifiers><ns2:title>PICAS2: Photonically Integrated Cold-Atom Source and System</ns2:title><ns2:status>Closed</ns2:status><ns2:grantCategory>CR&amp;D Bilateral</ns2:grantCategory><ns2:leadFunder>ISCF</ns2:leadFunder><ns2:abstractText>ColdQuanta, Optocap, and Fraunhofer CAP will develop a commercially-available complete high-flux cold atom source system with uniquely low size and cost. The high flux cold atom source is a complex and critical element of cold matter systems used in a variety of applications such as gravity surveying, atomic clocks, magnetic and electric sensors, navigation, and quantum information systems. The lack of a commercial complete source system at a moderate size and price point is a fundamental barrier to the expansion of atomic quantum technology into deployed applications. The small size and low cost of our approach turns the entire source system into a module that can be easily added to, or removed from, a more complex system in a modular manner. This simplifies research and development, aids in system integration, and eases maintenance.</ns2:abstractText></ns2:project>